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Joanne Rogers, a concert duo pianist and wife of the late Fred Rogers, died at her Squirrel Hill home Thursday at age 92 surrounded by family and friends.
Known for a boisterous laugh, Joanne Rogers became the face of her husband’s legacy after his death in 2003, appearing on news programs and late-night talk shows in support of books and documentaries about Mister Rogers and his PBS program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
“She wasn’t going for the spotlight but she was very happy to respond to the national and worldwide interest in what Fred was offering to the world,” said Hedda Sharapan, a consultant to Fred Rogers Productions and a senior fellow at the Fred Rogers Center in Latrobe. “She gave the world another sense of who Fred was through her humor and her humorous stories about him.”
The charity will provide 50,000 meals before the end of this month and, as donations exceeded all expectations, 100,000 over the next two to three months.
In a message to those who dug deep and gave what they could, chief executive Rob Owen said Daily Express readers generous support is proof that the darkest of times lead to kindness and compassion .
He said your support had provided a vital safety net for the most disadvantaged individuals and their families .
Rob added: On behalf of all of us at St Giles, a huge thank you to Daily Express readers for your lifesaving support. The charity is enthusiastically supported by Jack Monroe - known as the Bootstrap Cook - who has written for this newspaper on the devastating impact of the pandemic.
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Jared Padalecki stars in The CW reboot Walker.
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Toni Collette (center) guest stars on PBS Kids’ Odd Squad next week.
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Fox Chapel native Mimi Armstrong deGruy and her husband, Mike, in an image featured in the documentary film Diving Deep.
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Streaming service Disney+ debuts its first scripted Marvel series, “WandaVision,” which defies superhero story expectations in three episodes made available for review. But there are hints that action set pieces will come eventually during the nine-episode season.
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week.
It’s difficult to imagine a better TV balm coming off the
annus horibilis that was 2020 than the latest production from “Masterpiece,” celebrating its 50th anniversary with the debut of a remake of an early PBS drama hit, “All Creatures Great and Small” (9 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 21, WQED-TV).
Like the original 1978-90 British import, this new series is also based on James Herriot’s books about his adventures as a new veterinarian in 1930s Yorkshire.
The first two (of seven) episodes offer a fair amount of set-up as James (Nicholas Ralph) moves from Glasgow to Darrowby for a job as an assistant to pompous veterinarian Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West).
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Disney’s Secrets of Sulphur Springs stars Preston Oliver as Griffin Campbell, and Kyliegh Curran as Harper.
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Even as broadcast network shows return to the air this month, production on programs at most of the major studios in Los Angeles did not resume as scheduled this week due to rising covid-19 cases.
Many series were pushed back to a Jan. 11 production restart and others, including NBC’s partially Pittsburgh-set “This is Us,” delayed production until Jan. 18. The “Grammy Awards” telecast, slated for Jan. 31, was postponed until March 14 and L.A.-based late-night shows starring Jimmy Kimmel and James Corden left their studios again and resumed taping from the hosts’ homes.